Antidazzle screen for motor vehicles



June, 24, 1930. G.-w.'YouNG 1,766,162

ANTIDAZZLE SCREEN FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed March 2a, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 I MAW/0r.

June 24, 1930. 3 w YOUNG 1,766,162

ANTIDAZZLTI- SCREEN FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed March' 26, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 f'\ 7:, L'- R x I I I I I I I I 5 @I 6 j W 2 I I I] l for: I

G. W. YOUNG June 24, 1930.

ANTIDAZZLE SCREEN FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed March 26, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Jane Um'rso sures PATENT OFFICE Application m larch as, me, Serial m.

For eliminating the dazzleof li hts confronting the driver of a motor ve icle, various devices have been sug ested, for instance coloured roller blinds which are drawn across the wind screen either vertically or horizontally, or glazed frames which are either ada ted to swing about a pivot or to he slipped behind a pair of supporting brackets into operative position,

slip blind which is held at one side by means of a runner block in a vertical guide tube or a. frame fitted with fine metal gauze and held at one side by means of clamps on the wind screen or other standard. In the case of a horizontally drawn roller blind it has been proposed to mount the roller ad ustabI by means of a'casingon a vertical standard aving notches which co-operate with a spring for holding the blind in different ositions,

a rod at the' free end of the blind belng fitted with ball catches for engagement with recesses in channelled guides.

The object of the present invention is so to arran e the anti-dazzle screen that, whiie it is easii y adjustable and non-obstructive, it is rigidly supported and not liable to rattle or to get out of order, and the invention consists in arranging a screen, 12 the form of a glazed metal frame, to sl de 111 or on two vertical rods, the frame being provided with latches adapted to snap into notches in the rods for securing the frame in difi'erent posltions.

Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a perspective view of the antidazzle screen as applied to a motor vehicle and in its lowered position,

Fig. 2, a'similar view showing the screen raised,

Fig. 3, a sectional view on an enlarged scale of one form of frame and guide construction,

Fig.4, a view of a modified construction,

Fig. 5, a view of another modification,

46 Fig. 6, a cross-section of one of the frame members of Fig. 5, and

Fig. 7, a view'on a larger scale of part of a guide member and its supporting bracket.

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the vehicle 1 is provided with an antior again, a

204,857, and 1'. Great mum June 2, 1927.

dazzle screen frame 2 which is arranged behind and extended across the ordinary windscreen 3. The anti-dazzle screen is much lower than the w1nd screen and is adapted to slide on verticalgulde rods 4 and to be fixed in different posltions on the latter according to requirements. r

The frame 2 is preferably fitted with two panes 5 and 6 of suitably coloured glass adapted to slide horizontall from one end of t e frame to the other. T is arrangement allows either half'of the frame to be cleared of its screening efiect when required. Conversely it allows the two panes to be used together for doubling the screening effect on confronting a very strong li ht, The colour of the two panes is prefera ly' chosen so as to afford. normally to passengers as well as to the driver a relief from the glare of strong sunlight reflected from roads and surrounding 0 jects.

The construction of the screen, the frame and the guides may be varied accordingto requirements. Fi 3 is an example of a frame formed of square tubing fitted with flanges between which the glass panes are ided. The guides 4 consist of square rods ormed with notches 7 for engagement with latches 8, the latter being housed in the lower, horizontal member of the frame. The latches are connected by rods 9 to slides 10 between which a spring 11 is arranged so as to urge the latches into engagement with the notches. F inger-pieces 12 connected to the slides 1.0 and pro ecting through the side of the frame member, are used for retracting the latches when the frame is to be adjusted. The finger-pieces are arranged sufliciently close to gether to allow them to be gripped and 0p erated by one hand. The frame, which includes a channelled capping piece 13, mag be divided asshown at 19 into two halves w ich composed of a glazed metal are cut to suit the width of the car and con- J nected in any suitable manner. 7

In the modified arrangement shown in Fig.

4, the frame members are of channelled crosssection, and the frame is adapted to slide in grooves made in the guide rods 4. The atches' 14 are formed at the ends of channelled slides15fitted on the bottom member of the frame. The slides areslotted to admit 7 screws 16 which hold the slides in position and allow them to move through the required I distance. Springs 17 control the slides which are retracted by means of finger-pieces 18.

The construction shown in Fig. is very similarto that of Fig. 3, but the guide rods, the latches, the slides and the tubular parts of the" frame members are of round crosssection, the notches 7 of the rods 4 being circumferential. To allow the frame to be conveniently adapted to various Widths of cars, the bottom member of the frame is made of two telescopically adjustable tubes 20 and 21 each of WhlCh is integral with one of the vertical frame members. In manufacturing the frame on alarge scale, the outer tube 21 is made long enough to meet all requirements, 20 and'it is subsequently, in case of need, shortened together with its flanges to suit any particular car,.the rods 9 being shortened to cor-' respond. Fig. 6 shows the preferred crosssection of the flanged frame members. Theguide rods fare preferably provided with shoulders 22 whereon the frame 2 can rest .in its lowermost position, the vertical frame members being formed with heels 23 adapted to take the thrust.

For a convenient mounting of the screen in the car, the guide rods 4 are preferably drilled at the ends for the reception of elbows 23 which are screwed into flanged posts 24 adapted to be fastened by screws to an convenient part of the car body. As the e bows are adjustable relative to the rods as well as to the posts it is easy to mount the v I screen so as to obtain a good sliding fit.

While the screen is primaril used as an 40 anti-dazzle screen it is also use 111, in combination with the ordinary wind screen, for admitting fresh air without creating disagreeable draught. For this purpose the antidazzle screen is placed behind the open top of 46 the ordinary wind screen;

I claim: 7

In a motor vehicle having a wind screen an anti-dazzle screencomprising a glaze metal frame arranged behind the wind screen 50 and extending horizontally across the body of the vehicle, the frame being composed of hollow. one horizontal and two vertical members, a pair of notched vertical rods whereon the frame is slidably guided by means of its vertical members, and a pair of spring-controlled latches housed in the lower horizontal frame member and adapted to engage in the notches of different guide rods for retaining the frame in various positions, the horizontal 30 frame member being composed of two telescopically connected tubes each of which is integral with one of the vertical members of the frame.

GEORGE WILLIAM YOUNG. 

